2 Esdras 7:100-102

Common English Bible

¹⁰⁰ I answered: “Will time, therefore, be given to souls after they are separated from the bodies to see what you told me?”

¹⁰¹ He said to me: “They will be free for seven days so that they may see in those seven days the things^[a] that have been foretold. After this, they will be gathered in their dwelling places.”

¹⁰² I answered: “If you look on me with favor, show your servant further whether on the Judgment Day the just will be able to seek mercy for the wicked or intercede for them with the Most High.